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BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. l1, |914. RENEWED IULY 26.1915'. 1,159,057.

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UNITE ZOE G'. MAGNEA, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

vPatented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed August `11. 1914, Serial No. 856,293. Renewed July 26, 1915. Serial No. 42.071.

To all Iwhom it may concern Be it known that I, Zon G. MAGNEA., a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of Iwhich the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a bottle of that class of bottles known as non-refillable bottles and which, when the original contents have once been withdrawn therefrom, will not be practicable forcommercial usage and which, furthermore, will, after its original contents have been withdrawn, serve notice to the consumer, in the event it is refilled, that the bottle has been so refilled.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of a bottle having therein suitable mea-ns which can be initially arranged in sealing position when the bottle is first filled and'which must be released in order to extract the contents of the -bottle andafter being so released cannot be again brought into proper positionto reseal the bottle if the same be subsequently refilled.l

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through the bottle, showing the neck there of open and unsealed; Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the neck sealed; Fig. 3 is a similar view after the wires or securing members have been cut and the contents of the bottle removed; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the manner of securing the members or wires around the neck vof the bottle.

Referring more particularly to the views, I providea bottle body 10 having an ntegral neck 11 provided with an annular groove 12, a plurality of dametrically opposed apertured guide lugs 13 being formed with the interior of the neck 11, as shown. Secured to a lug 14 on the bottom 15 of the bottle body 10 is a contractile helical spring 16, to the free end of which is suitably secured a preferably concaved sealing member 17 of greater diameter than the neck 11. said sealing member having attached thereto the lower ends of suitable securing members 18 inthe nature of flexible wires and which pass upwardly through the apertured lugs 13 and are adapted to project eXteriorly of the bottle body 10. i

lVhen the sealing member 17 is in the position shown in Fig. 1 the bottle is in condition for filling and when ,the same hasbeen initially filled with the desired fluid, an upward pull is exerted on the securing members 18, thus moving the sealing member 17 upwardly against the contractile action of the spring 16, to seal the inner'end of the neck 11, said securing members being bent around the upper end of the neck and twisted around the neck in the annular groove 12, as shown in Figs. 2 and 1. If

desirable, a suitable cork 19 can be inserted in the neck as shown, said cork being held in position bythe securing members 18,

clearly7 seen that the bottle cannot be con-V veniently refilled for the reason that the short or cut securing members 18 will lie wholly Iwithin the bottle and, furthermore, could not be readily arranged in position to secure the sealing member in sealing position on account. of their shortness.

IVith a bottle of the character described it will be clearly apparent that when the bottle has been once used and the original contents extracted therefrom, it cannot be conveniently reused for the reason that the sealing member lies in the bottom of the bottle'and will give notice to the public or consumer that the bottle as initially packed and sold must have been previously opened and its contents extracted, diluted or replaced byl an inferior fluid.

The sealing member may be made of porcelain, wood, rubber or any other desirable material and, particularly when made of a slightly resilient material, Will effectively seal the inner end of the neck when the member is in the position shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. In a bottle, the combination with a bottle body having a neck provided with an annular groove, a plurality of apertured lugs projecting from the inner face of the neck, a lug in the bottom of the bottle body, a contractile spring having one end thereof secured to the lug in the bottom of the bottle body, a sealing member carried on the other end of the spring, and wire-like secur ing members having their inner ends con nected with the sealing member and passing through the apertured lugs on the neck, said securing members being adapted to project 'exteriorly of the neck and be twisted aroundv the neck in the annular groove thereof and secure the sealing member in position to seal the inner end of the neck.

2. In a bottle, a bottle body having a neck, a sealing member for sealing the inner end of the neck, a contractile spring secured in the bottle body and connecting With the sealingmember, and Wire-like securing members connecting with the sealing member and holding the same in sealing position and against the action of said'spring, said securing members passing eXteriorly of the bottle.

3. In a bottle, a bottle body having a neck, a sealing member for sea-ling the inner end of the neck, a contractile spring secured in the bottle body and connecting with the sealing member, Wire-like securing members connecting with the sealing. member and holding the same in sealing position and against the action of said spring, said securing members passing exteriorly of the bottle, and guide lugs in the neck of the bottle body and having the securing members passing therethrough.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Zon G. MAGNEA.

Witnesses:

NICHOLAS IAPPAs, BAsIL SWXAKI. 

